we have a 30% chance for a shower or a thunderstorm. most of you will have a dry day. the high temperature, 94. it will feel like it is in the upper 90's. we will check the seven-day forecast coming up in just a few minutes. first we say good morning to sarah to see what is happening on the roads. >> nothing major out there. a few things to watch out for. northbound 95 in harford county, we have a disabled vehicle. white marsh, a traffic light is out, so use extra caution. 95 it looks good coming out of the 90 -- out of the northeast. west side is smooth at this hour. there is some fire activity at newport road in howard county. about five minutes to travel

south on 95 from the 895 split to the fort mchenry. here's a quick live look at harford road. so far, traffic looks pretty good in the outer loop. if we check a live view of 95, you can see flashing lights. that is the disabled vehicle. nothing to worry about there. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> our big story, a former baltimore city schools employee is charged with sexually assaulting a student. >> the abuse reportedly did happen on school grounds. jennifer franciotti is live with more. >> the student said she was abused several times over a three-month period. the suspect is now out of jail. the alleged abuse took place at city college high school. hall monitor ryan coleman took

the teenage girl into his office and started to rub her back and turn aside. he asked her if she liked older men and if she would feel comfortable in a relationship with them. the students said he would rub her buttocks. >> nothing matters more than the safety of our kids. >> school officials say coleman was a temporary employee who finished work in may and is now facing a variety of charges. jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> sexual assault charges have been dropped against four current morgan state students. a woman reported the man attacked her in a baltimore

apartment. police say they believe the victim knew at least one of the suspects and that alcohol may have been involved. >> a woman who was rescued from a fire has passed away. she died at bayview hospital yesterday morning. she was rescued from her burning house. another fire is under investigation this morning. it happened just before 8:00 p.m. last night at the belle grove elementary school. officials are trying to determine the cause. nobody was hurt. >> patricia jessamy is calling for an independent investigation into the conduct of fred bealefeld. she wants to find out whether he solicited votes to her opponent while on duty, specifically gregg bernstein.

that is to she will face in the democratic primary. a supporter claims the police commissioner approached him while in uniform and asked to meet with bernstein. bernstein has accused jessamy of wasting time. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. what is your opinion of the growing feud? e-mail your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. again, that is watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> a plane crashed in massachusetts killing both people on board. this was near an airport. the plane was registered to jack johnson of ellicott city. his wife said he was going to maine on vacation. no word on the cause of that crash the >> investigators will

be back on the scene of a plane crash that killed former senator ted seasons -- ted stevens and four other people. >> we have more from washington from kate amara. >> flags were lowered to half staff at the u.s. capitol building. we are getting our first look at the crash site. police have released pictures of the crash site, the spot where they say the plane crashed into the mountain. five of the nine people on board were killed, including ted stevens. >> as systems of alaska, we have a long road of grief to what. >> severe weather made the rescue difficult. >> it was very slippery and whet. >> the survivors spent the night on the mountainside. >> i am hoping and praying he is

ok. >> our thoughts go out to the family of anybody who was on that aircraft. >> ted stevens was the longest serving republican senator. his career ended in scandal after he was found guilty of corruption. conviction was later overturned. >> i do not have a rearview mirror. i look only for the. >> the survivors were airlifted to a hospital in anchorage and are being treated this morning. >> coming up, more details in this first for the alleged serial killer who is responsible for stabbings in virginia and ohio. >> we will cover the nation. >> here is a live look at traffic on the beltway at liberty road. ♪

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>> and welcome back. things are pretty quiet on this wednesday morning. it is already 83 degrees downtown. we will make it up to 94 or 95. i think it will be more humid the yesterday. we have a 30% chance for a shower or thunderstorm. most of you will have a dry day appeared a couple of storms are possible. we will check the forecast for the upcoming weekend when the check back in a few minutes. >> investigators believe they have located the remains of a missing boy. they were discovered on tuesday less than two miles from the beaver creek campground. that was where the boy was last seen while he was camping with his custodial mother and his

family. investigators do not believe the mother and that he was taken away from the camp site and possibly killed. officials in virginia have learned of another stabbing victim. they believe they have located another stabbing victim in ohio. the majority of the victims are african american males. >> the department of education convenes the first ever summit on school bullying. the focus will be to reduce and end teenage bowling. a bill was passed to protect teachers and other non-federal workers. the senate had already passed it. the bill will protect teachers from being laid off,

particularly at this critical juncture with the school year about to start. now to a wrapup of yesterday's top primary elections. colorado and, michael bennet will face a tea party favorite. in connecticut, linda mcmahon easily captured the primary and will go against richard blumenthal. >> astronauts will try once again to fix a leak as they take another walk in space later today. they try to fix the leak last weekend but could not after one of the lines got stock. nasa believes it will take today's space walk and another to get the problem solved. >> it is 84 degrees on tv hill. coming up, the morning's financial news in the bloomberg business report. >> insurance scams are on the

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>> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> how is looking? >> it is looking pretty good. we have some fire activity and a disabled vehicle on northbound 95 in harford county. that is the area of mountain

road. it is off to the side. we have defective traffic lights in white marsh. be careful there. the risk of fire activity at newport road. nothing significant delay-wise. everything is running smoothly. we can give you a quick live look. north and southbound 29 looking great in howard county. 95, you can see the disabled vehicle off to the right shoulder. it is not impacting traffic. everything running smoothly through harford county at this time. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and trains. >> we are looking pretty good. we have the three bus with a 20- minute delay. the 23, 55 buses are diverting at old eastern because of the water main break. the one bus is diverting because

of construction. light rail is on schedule. the penn, camden, and brunswick lines are on time. >> things are pretty quiet in the weather department today. there is some-cloud cover. no prices -- no precipitation. the dew points are running in the low 70's right now. it feels kind of tropical out there. the precipitation is off to our west. we don't have to worry about this for a couple of hours. we might see some thunderstorm activity after that. the major player is coming down out of new england and it will come through on thursday. we have a new tropical depression in the gulf of mexico. if it gets a name, it would be danielle and it looks like it will take shape and become a

tropical storm later today or tonight. is moving towards new orleans. it does look like it will form into a hurricane. tropical -- it does not look like it will form into like a hurricane. if you have travel plans, keep that in mind. there could be a new tropical storm in the gulf of mexico. here at home, hot and humid. high temperature between 91 and 96. sunrise at 6:16. we have a 36% chance for a shower or thunderstorm tonight. it will state muggy. scatter and showers and thunderstorms are possible. this looks worse than it will be. a high near 89 on thursday. a chance for a couple of rain showers. the wind will shift to the north east and that will drop temperatures. at least in the short term, it

should cool off a little bit. >> changes are coming to the maryland motor vehicle administration. the branch will be moving further north to the hilltop shopping center at rogers avenue. the new facility is expected to open in the summer of 2011. officials have not given a reason for the move. >> a new restaurant may soon call baltimore home. it could be a tough day on wall street. jane king joins us live with a look at today's business news in the bloomberg business report. >> good morning. it does look like we will open with the dow about 100 points open. stocks overseas are tumbling. there is concern about the pace of our economic recovery.

the recovery will probably be more modest. investors are worried the plan to purchase of treasury bonds to reignite the recovery may not be enough to do the trick. big profits over at disney. a 16% gain in quarterly sales. theme park earnings were down. disney raising the import prices. they say they plan to return to regular on discounted prices by the end of the year. it is back-to-school season. one not earn some extra cash betting on your grades? a website gives college students to do academic gambling. you plug in your class schedule and school records. the odds then they calculated. for a freshman to graduate with a 4.0, they can earn $2,000 at

graduation. there will be a new restaurant, checkers. looking to build nine new checkers' over the next several years. one of those may end up in baltimore. i'm jane king reporting for wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. bogus health insurance scams are not new. but they are on the rise. some are perfect targets. >> it is no surprise health insurance has become a business of opportunities. >> the old saying, if it is too good to be true, it is equipped she needed health insurance. >> i had been turned down by a couple of insurance companies

because of pre-existing conditions. >> so when the association of independent managers found her a plan, she signed on. >> it sounded like the perfect coverage to get me through the cracks her coverage soon expired. calls were never returned. it turns out she was duped. the company has been ordered to desist. why would a consumer even pay attention to a no-name health insurance plan? it happens all too often and the lure boils down to what happened to this woman. she need health insurance when all other companies were telling

her know. >> the consumer wants to believe this is the rescue they need. >> consumers should verify before they buy. it is a lesson gladys had to pay $4,000 to learn. >> if happened to me. >> if you think you have purchased bogus insurance, called the hotline. you are also urged to close your bank account or credit card from which your premiums are paid. >> 76 degrees on tv hill. coming up, we will get another look at your morning commute with traffic and weather together. >> the orioles try their luck on the road with buck showalter at the helm. >> don't forget to e-mail us

your response to our water cooler question of the day. what is your opinion on the growing feud between patricia jessamy and fred bealefeld? e-mail your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com.

>> either buck showalter has magical properties as a manager for the orioles were dogging it before showalter arrived. since he got here, the orioles are rolling and it continues on the road with a 14-8 win over the cleveland indians. this one have some wild place. fourth inning, felix pie, this goes off his leg. it goes to first in time to get

pie. pie got even. straightaway center field and gone. it broke up a 4-4 tie. matt wieters and he is going to center field spirit is gone, as well. 10-6 orioles in front. luke scott do the damage in the eighth. 3 granholm run. 14-8, orioles beat the indians. the orioles are now 7-1 since buck showalter arrived. i'm gerry sandusky. i hope your day is off to a fantastic start. >> joined our team for the start of this year's football season. this special airs on saturday right here on channel 11. we will rebroadcast the special and you confined it on the homepage of our website, wbaltv.com.

>> some children are sleeping with the animals in slovenia. frogs, snakes, and scorpions. children get the unique experience about learning about nocturnal animals. animals from 152 different species. >> i do not know if i want to spend the night at the zoo. >> 76 degrees on tv hill. coming up in the next half-hour -- >> a former high school employee is accused of sexually abusing a student. details are straight ahead. >> things are pretty quiet right now, but there's a chance for a few thunderstorms later today. we will talk about that. >> pretty quiet on the roads as well with just a few exceptions. there is some fire activity